To earn the MPH degree with a concentration in PHI, you must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 45 credits that include a combination of core public health courses, public health informatics courses, elective courses, an internship and a final concentraion project. The specific distribution of courses is as follows:
MPH With Public Health Informatics Concentration Curriculum
For students who started Fall 2018 or later, please follow the courses below
Take all four courses for a total of 12 credits
- PBHL-P 670 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 670 Comprehensive Methods and Applications in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 670 Planning, Evaluation & Management (3 credits)
- P: P670 Intro to PH
- P: P670 Comprehensive Meth & Appl in Bio Epi
- PBHL-P 670 Communication & Leadership (3 credits)
- P: P670 Intro to PH
- P: P670 Comprehensive Meth & Appl in Bio Epi
Enter Fall 2018
Fall 2018
- PBHL-P 670 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 670 Comprehensive Methods and Applications in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3 credits)
Spring 2019
- PBHL-P 670 Planning, Evaluation & Management (3 credits)
- P: P670 Intro to PH
- P: P670 Comprehensive Meth & Appl in Bio Epi
- PBHL-P 670 Communication & Leadership (3 credits)
- P: P670 Intro to PH
- P: P670 Comprehensive Meth & Appl in Bio Epi
Enter Spring 2019
Spring 2019
- PBHL-P 670 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits) - Online
- PBHL-P 670 Comprehensive Methods and Applications in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3 credits) - Online
Fall 2019
- PBHL-P 670 Planning, Evaluation & Management (3 credits) - Online
- P: P670 Intro to PH
- P: P670 Comprehensive Meth & Appl in Bio Epi
- PBHL-P 670 Communication & Leadership (3 credits) - Online
- P: P670 Intro to PH
- P: P670 Comprehensive Meth & Appl in Bio Epi
For students who started before Fall 2018, please follow the core courses below
Take all five courses for a total of 15 credits
- PBHL-A 519 Environmental Science in Public Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-B 551 Biostatistics for Public Health I (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 517 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 501 U.S. Health Care Systems and Health Policy (3 credits)
- PBHL-S 500 Social and Behavioral Science in Public Health (3 credits)
Take all five courses for a total of 15 credits
- PBHL-B 552 Fundamentals of Data Management (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 635 Foundations in Public Health Informatics (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 628 Healthcare Information Systems (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 645 Information Exchange for Population Health (3 credits)
- PBHL-P 506 Population and Public Health (3 credits)
Select two courses for a total of six credits
- PBHL-E 647 Introduction to Population Health Analytics (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 781 Research Designs in Health Policy & Management (3 credits)
- INFO-B 581 Health Informatics Standards and Terminologies (3 credits)
- INFO-B 585 Biomedical Analytics (3 credits)
- INFO-B 642 Clinical Decision Support Systems (3 credits)
- INFO-H 515 Introduction to Data Analytics (3 credits)
- INFO-H 517 Visualization Design, Analysis, and Evaluation (3 credits)
Select two courses for a total of six credits
- PBHL-B 562 Biostatistics for Public Health II (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 601 Advanced Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 610 Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 521 Management Science for Health Services Administration (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 657 Application of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Public Health (3 credits)
Take six credits.
- PBHL-E 603 Public Health Informatics Internship (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 603 Public Health Informatics Internship (3 credits)
- PBHL-E 706 Public Health Informatics Concentration Project (3 credits)
- PBHL-H 706 Public Health Informatics Concentration Project (3 credits)